kit

kit1 / kit/ • n. a set of articles or equipment needed for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit. ∎ a set of all the parts needed to assemble something: an aircraft kit. ∎ Brit. the clothing and other items belonging to a soldier or used in an activity such as a sport: boys in football kit.kit2 • n. the young of certain animals, such as the beaver, fox, ferret, and mink. ∎ informal term for kitten.kit3 • n. hist. a small violin, esp. one used by a dancing master.

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Kit

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms
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Kit

the items forming a soldier’s equipment; ‘articles of kit’, 1785; a number, set, lot, or contents of a vessel, hence, a soldier’s or traveller’s or workman’s kit—Gepp; a person’s baggage or a collection of anything—Slang Dictionary, 1874.

Examples: kit of pigeons, 1880; of tools, 1881.

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